| 12-27 Areas Covered and Affected by Natural Disaster | ||||||||
| (1 000 hectares) | ||||||||
| Percentage | Flood | Drought | ||||||
| Year | Areas | Areas | of Disaster | |||||
| Covered | Affected | Areas Affected | ||||||
| Region | to Areas | Areas | Areas | Areas | Areas | |||
| Covered | Covered | Affected | Covered | Affected | ||||
| 1978 | 50790 | 24457 | 48.2 | 2850 | 2012 | 40170 | 17970 | |
| 1980 | 44526 | 29777 | 66.9 | 9146 | 6070 | 26111 | 14174 | |
| 1985 | 44365 | 22705 | 51.2 | 14197 | 8949 | 22989 | 10063 | |
| 1990 | 38474 | 17819 | 46.3 | 11804 | 5605 | 18175 | 7805 | |
| 1991 | 55472 | 27814 | 50.1 | 24596 | 14614 | 29414 | 10559 | |
| 1992 | 51333 | 25859 | 50.4 | 9423 | 4464 | 32980 | 17049 | |
| 1993 | 48829 | 23133 | 47.4 | 16387 | 8611 | 21098 | 8657 | |
| 1994 | 55043 | 31383 | 57.0 | 17329 | 10744 | 30425 | 17049 | |
| 1995 | 45821 | 22267 | 48.6 | 12731 | 7630 | 23455 | 10401 | |
| 1996 | 46989 | 21233 | 45.2 | 18146 | 10855 | 20151 | 6247 | |
| 1997 | 53429 | 30309 | 56.7 | 11414 | 5840 | 33514 | 20250 | |
| 1998 | 50145 | 25181 | 50.2 | 22292 | 13785 | 14236 | 5060 | |
| 1999 | 49981 | 26731 | 53.5 | 9020 | 5071 | 30156 | 16614 | |
| 2000 | 54688 | 34374 | 62.9 | 7323 | 4321 | 40541 | 26784 | |
| 2001 | 52155 | 31743 | 60.9 | 6042 | 3614 | 38472 | 23698 | |
| Beijing | 96 | 63 | 65.7 | 1 | 1 | 75 | 52 | |
| Tianjin | 182 | 107 | 58.8 | 5 | 5 | 160 | 93 | |
| Hebei | 2964 | 1923 | 64.9 | 24 | 13 | 2390 | 1730 | |
| Shanxi | 2553 | 1827 | 71.6 | 38 | 24 | 2275 | 1618 | |
| Inner Mongolia | 3595 | 2440 | 67.9 | 115 | 82 | 3120 | 2067 | |
| Liaoning | 2665 | 1534 | 57.6 | 103 | 65 | 2067 | 1140 | |
| Jilin | 2917 | 2212 | 75.8 | 64 | 38 | 2698 | 2038 | |
| Heilongjiang | 4238 | 2388 | 56.3 | 155 | 115 | 3750 | 2120 | |
| Shanghai | 60 | 50 | ||||||
| Jiangsu | 1178 | 649 | 55.1 | 226 | 104 | 672 | 480 | |
| Zhejiang | 370 | 195 | 52.7 | 270 | 133 | 36 | 31 | |
| Anhui | 2790 | 1680 | 60.2 | 107 | 76 | 2547 | 1560 | |
| Fujian | 253 | 148 | 58.5 | 62 | 37 | 48 | 27 | |
| Jiangxi | 630 | 413 | 65.6 | 204 | 127 | 396 | 276 | |
| Shandong | 3596 | 2281 | 63.4 | 497 | 313 | 2160 | 1333 | |
| Henan | 2848 | 1825 | 64.1 | 131 | 77 | 2420 | 1540 | |
| Hubei | 2885 | 2030 | 70.4 | 374 | 237 | 2363 | 1703 | |
| Hunan | 1749 | 1099 | 62.8 | 582 | 389 | 1050 | 629 | |
| Guangdong | 1094 | 610 | 55.8 | 379 | 212 | 53 | 24 | |
| Guangxi | 1155 | 757 | 65.5 | 772 | 518 | 53 | 38 | |
| Hainan | 182 | 114 | 62.6 | 67 | 42 | 30 | 11 | |
| Chongqing | 1800 | 900 | 50.0 | 256 | 121 | 1400 | 698 | |
| Sichuan | 3717 | 1894 | 51.0 | 613 | 327 | 2980 | 1490 | |
| Guizhou | 1070 | 549 | 51.3 | 225 | 120 | 698 | 333 | |
| Yunnan | 1137 | 611 | 53.7 | 392 | 231 | 582 | 280 | |
| Tibet | 35 | 20 | 57.1 | 12 | 10 | 23 | 10 | |
| Shaanxi | 2475 | 1383 | 55.9 | 55 | 28 | 1900 | 935 | |
| Gansu | 2214 | 1173 | 53.0 | 164 | 68 | 1580 | 855 | |
| Qinghai | 307 | 125 | 40.7 | 35 | 21 | 267 | 100 | |
| Ningxia | 360 | 212 | 58.9 | 11 | 3 | 264 | 160 | |
| Xinjiang | 1100 | 581 | 52.8 | 43 | 27 | 415 | 327 | |